Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can I use six-figure grid references?'

Presentation

How can I use six-figure grid references? - Presentation

'How can I use six-figure grid references? - Presentation' is a resource from 'How can I use six-figure grid references?', a Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can I use six-figure grid references?'

Teacher notes

How can I use six-figure grid references? - Teacher notes

'How can I use six-figure grid references? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'How can I use six-figure grid references?', a Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can I use six-figure grid references?'

Six-figure grid reference - Worksheet

This worksheet 'Six-figure grid reference' from Focus Education encourages students from Year 6 to explore grid references and answer the question "How can I use six-figure grid references?". This inquiry-based worksheet may be used to help students succeed in geography classes. This resource introduces the basics of grid references, including four-figure and five-figure grid references, as well as grid squares and lines with a two-letter designation. A student may utilise Easting and Northing coordinates found on an Ordnance Survey map to pinpoint a precise place. Teachers may help their students become better at utilising six-figure grid references to find specific locations in Great Britain by giving them this worksheet.Here are just a few features that make this worksheet stand out:<ul><li>Explores four-figure grid references<li>Includes instructions on how to identify points on Ordnance Survey maps<li>Provides helpful two letter codes<li>Explains how to work out how many tenths a grid line is<li>Encourages students to explore Great Britain</ul>If you're teaching year sixes about six-digit grid references, this worksheet from Focus Education is ideal. Teachers may provide their pupils a more comprehensive education and prepare them to confidently utilise grid references.

Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are digimaps and how can they be used to help find out more about the local area?'

1. What are digimaps and how can they be used to help find out more about the local area?

What are digimaps and how can they be used to help find out more about the local area?

Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can Google Earth help to find out more about the world and its continents? '

2. How can Google Earth help to find out more about the world and its continents? 

How can Google Earth help to find out more about the world and its continents? 

Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are Ordinance Survey maps and what do the symbols stand for?'

3. What are Ordinance Survey maps and what do the symbols stand for?

What are Ordinance Survey maps and what do the symbols stand for?

Year 6 Geography lesson from the unit Mapping. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do we have time zones and how do they work?'

5. Why do we have time zones and how do they work?

Why do we have time zones and how do they work?

Year 6 Geography unit, Mapping from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Mapping has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

Mapping

Year 6

Geography

How can I use six-figure grid references?

Awarded an OBE for Services to Education, Clive Davies has designed and built these schemes around progression and enquiry. Focus Education resources are of the highest educational quality.